Kal\u0101kaua – Renaissance King. Mahalo for building \u02bbIolani Palace. Mahalo for showing our people that we are somebody, that our cultural traditions of hula, oli and ha\u02bbi\u02bb\u014dlelo have value, that our ancient ways of doing things – lapa\u02bbau – are also of value, that our chiefly genealogies are worthy of study and appreciation. Mahalo for being the first monarch to circumnavigate the globe and for representing tiny Hawai\u02bbi as one in the family of nations. In the face of criticism you continued to work always for your Hawaiian people. We were a dying race but you gave us hope in ourselves, urging us to ho\u02bboulu l\u0101hui, giving us food for our souls. Mahalo i\u0101 \u02bboe e ka M\u014d\u02bb\u012b Kal\u0101kaua. Ua kapa \u02bbia \u02bboe he flamboyant. And what’s wrong will that?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kal\u0101kaua – Renaissance King. Mahalo for building \u02bbIolani Palace. Mahalo for showing our people that we are somebody, that our cultural traditions of hula, oli and ha\u02bbi\u02bb\u014dlelo have value, that our ancient ways of doing things – lapa\u02bbau – are … Continue reading